Migration of health professionals from India: Tracking the flow

Asia Europe Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-483

  Bhattacharyya, Sanghita ^a   Hazarika, Indrajit ^b   Nair, Harish ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Indian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955054285     PISSN: 16102932     EISSN: 16121031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10308-011-0292-0     Document Type: Article

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